Dowling

INTRODUCTION

Diane Uriostegui had a business plan: She would befriend elderly, ailing individuals, alienate them from their family, and exert undue influence to get them to sign new estate planning documents that disinherited their families and left their assets to her. When the individuals died, she would collect. It worked in 2012 with a woman named June Downen. Diane (whom we call by her first name to distinguish her from her son, Rob Uriostegui, whom we call Rob to avoid confusion) caused Downen to become estranged from her son, got her to write letters to her son accusing him of engaging in illegal conduct and trying to get her money, and convinced her to leave her house to Diane. And it almost worked in 2015, when Diane caused Prescott Dowling to become estranged from his son Gregory Dowling (whom we call Prescott and Gregory, also to avoid confusion), got him to write letters to Gregory accusing him of engaging in illegal conduct and trying to get his money, and convinced him to leave his assets to Diane. “Almost,” because after Prescott died Gregory filed a petition in probate court challenging the amendments to the Dowling family trust that Diane had arranged a new…